In order for family focused practice to be effective, the quality, and content of visits and contact with family should be addressed, as opposed to a focus on the quantity of visits. Analysis of variance revealed that personal experience of mental illness had a significant effect on scores (M = 97.58, p = 0.009), however variables such as, age, parental status, time since registration, and being in a specialist position had no effect. Training also had a significant effect on family focused practice scores (F(2,221) = 4.841, p = 0.029). However, frequency of visits (daily, weekly, monthly or yearly) had no effect on family focused practice scores. Results found that health visitors who had face to face contact with partners and children (t(221) = 2.61, p = .01), and those that directly supported the partner (t(221) = 2.61, p = 0.01) had a significantly higher mean score of FFP, than those that did not. Independent t-tests and one-way analysis of variance were used to compare family focused practice scores. MethodsĪ cross sectional questionnaire (Family Focused Mental Health Practice Questionnaire) was distributed to 488 health visitors within community practice in Northern Ireland, with 230 choosing to take part. This paper examined the effect of health visitors’ interaction with the family, and personal and professional experience on their family focused practice. While it is recognised that health visitors play a key role in supporting families when mothers have mental illness, there is limited understanding of health visitor’s family focused practice (FFP) in this context and its relationships with factors, such as, workload, training, skill and knowledge, and personal and professional experience. Family focused practice (FFP) is an approach that recognises the inter-related needs of family members and recommends a continuum of activities to support families.
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